Harini Calamur's Writings
I hate being a wet blanket, but when I see poorly drafted, poorly thought through work like this – i really lose it. A friend sent me this to sign, i took one look at it and rang his number to ask…
Today is the birth anniversary of one of the most talented music directors in Hindi Cinema – Madan Mohan. To look at his body of work and pick a few great songs is difficult -because he had a repertoire that was awe inspiring. His sense…
My column in today’s DNA Psychiatry identifies a condition called Dissociative Identity Disorder (DID), popularly known as Multiple Personality Disorder, in which two or more distinct identities or personalities compete with each other to take charge of the patient’s behaviour. If…
image courtesy NYtimes on twitter A huge fire broke out at Mantralaya – the administrative office of the Government of Maharashtra this afternoon. They are still putting out the fire This image was tweeted by NYTimes – India. who are these people saving…
Sanjay Barua, makes some very interesting points on Europe, Continent building & Leadership and why Europe needs a Dr.Ambedkar what was most frightening was the absence of a shared “narrative” in Europe about the crisis it finds itself in. There is no…
Monsoon have arrived. The rains washing away the heat and the dust of the past few months. There is something uniquely beautiful and reinvigorating about the season – its almost as though its onset revives the parched soul and gives it hope….
The last few weeks have been pretty gloomy if you have been following the Indian Economy. There has been a potential downgrade of rating, lower GDPfigures, lower industrial output, inflation seems to be up, interest rates are up, fuel prices are going…
test (This is posting from an ebook being read on the ipad – without a keyboard) Hobbes in the Leviathan, quoted by Stephen Pinker – The Better Angels of our nature So that in the nature of man, we find three principal…
The Untouchables (1987), the film based around the era of prohibition in the USA, tells the story of a unit of policemen who take down Al Capone. The film is set in the city of Chicago and opens with these lines :…
as always, hitting the mark …